Founded in 1847, the AMA, was a very helpful thing. People who were fakes, were put to the test to see how well they could fake it, and the real doctors were able to keep going and get a license. Without the license, doctors weren't able to have their own practice or work under anyone else. When someone was sick they wanted someone they could trust with their life and not have to worry about fakes. To put people's mind to ease, they created the AMA, which in turn gave the people what they wanted, which was security. The AMA was able to create the code of medical ethics. The code of medical ethics was something doctors had to have in order to get their license. In the code of medical ethics there were three components; professional education, professional training, and professional conduct. There were other steps that they had to take before they could even get to the code of medical ethics.
In May of 1846, there was a national convention held for everyone. In that meeting there was standard code of ethics developed, the adoption of courses for premedical education, and the creation of the AMA. The educational standards were that they had to have a "liberal education in arts and science, a certificate of completion before medical college , and a MD degree that covered 3 years of study, including 2 6-month lecture sessions, 3 months devoted to dissection, and a minimum of one 6-month session of hospital attendance".(According to nlm.nih.gov) In 1852, they had a revision, "medical schools had to provide 16 week course of instruction that included anatomy, medicine, surgery, midwifery, and chemistry. Graduates had to be atlas 21 years of age, students had to complete a minimum of 3 years of study, 2 years of which are under an acceptable practitioner"(According to nlm.nih.gov)
The government was feeling pressure from people because the people of America were very unsure of if people they were getting help from was helpful and who they say they were. "The US congress acted to outlaw certain industrial payments or other inducements to physicians. [...] the response to those covered by professional societies, industry, and governments."(According to nlm.nih.gov).
The roles of persuasion, communication, and collaboration were very clear in this situation. The persuasion came from the people convincing everyone that the american medical association was needing to be founded. Communication was people telling everyone about the american medical association and the government being informed about everything. Then lastly collaboration was used because they had to come together and create a system for people to use to get their license.
During this process of learning about the coming about of sorting fake and real doctors out I learned what the process was then and how it has changed so much overtime. I found the sources were harder to find for this project as well. Overall this project was harder but I learned about things I didn't know before then.
a piece of paper from the ama
